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J. GRANT.

(No Model.)

FAN.

No 550 6'79 Patented Dec. 3, 18 95.

IJTDR AN BMW 5 RAHAM. PHOTO-H7210 WASNINGION 0C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

, JOTT GRANT, OFVBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,679, dated December3, 1895.

' Application filed May 2'7, 1895. Serial No. 550,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J oTT GRANT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFans, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a device which is intended to take the place ofan ordinary fan, the object being to produce a simple article to be heldin the hand and operated by the thumb and fingers that will be much moreeffectual in creating a cooling and refreshing current of air than anordinary fan; also, to provide a means operating within the fan forperfuming and disinfecting the air. This object I attain by themechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the fan complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same. 'Fig. 3 shows in plan, looking from the interior, the partthat forms the back of the fan.

This instrument is to be held in the hand as an ordinary fan, itbeingprovided with a handle of peculiar construction by which the userby a gentle pressure exerted by the thumb and fingers causes the fan tosend forth a comparatively large body of air in any desired direction,said air being, if desired, per fumed and disinfected.

The fan consists of the two side pieces, the front piece A having a holeat K, through which air is admitted and expelled when the fan is in use,and has an extension A, which forms a part of the handle of the fan. Theback part B of the fan also has an extension B, which forms a part ofthe handle. The two parts A and B are hinged together at H, as shown inFig. 2, and are normally held apart by a spring S. The two parts A andBare united by some light folded and crimped. fabric F, as shown, so thatthe whole forms a kind of bellows. The hole K, being the only inlet oroutlet of the device, is made comparatively large, so that the fan maybe worked rapidly with but little effort on the part of the user. 1

To use the fan it is held between the thumb and fingers of one hand, andby gently pressing the parts A and B (that form the handle) together thesides of the fan are collapsed and the air expelled through the openingK in the direction desired. By relieving the two parts A B from thepressure of the thumb and fingers the spring S opens the fan, causing anew supply of air to rush in, and thenthe fan may again be collapsed bypressure upon the handle.

Within the fan I place a receptacle P for holding a portion of absorbentmaterial adapted to retain perfume or some disinfectin g substanceadapted to impart its properties to the air as it passes in and out ofthe fan.

On the inside surface of the back of the fan and opposite the hole K, Iplace a small mirror, which showing by reflection the inside of thefront of the fan and the pictures thereon gives a very pleasing effect.In fact there seem to be two interior chambers instead of one.

I claim A fan, consisting of two fan-shaped pieces of cardboard, orother suitable material, connected by accordion plaits and a springhinge,

.one of the pieces being perforated as described, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 24th day of May,A. D.1895.

J OTT GRANT.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, WILLIAM EAsoN.

